The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
Glad to help. The FP Laguiole I purchased is the 10cm offering. It's not too big to toss in the pocket, about 3.5" and pretty pocket friendly. I do use a pocket slip or belt pouch most of the time, depending on the day. The extra seconds to get it out of the slip or pouch is something I don't find to be a problem, maybe because I carry a sheath knife fairly often too.
Congrats and welcome to the addiction. A Case Copperlock is a nice first step.Well folks, meet my first Case knife. At least my first one in 35 or 40 years so we'll just go with first.
I will say the scales are very different from side to side but this is a user so it's fine.
People seem to get their britches in a bunch about blade centering but for me, modern or traditional, I could care less. So long as the blade doesn't rub, I don't care. But since it seems to be a thing here we go...
Overall, it's made a wonderful first impression. I freaking love the feel of it. The size is great and even though I'll be putting my own edge on it, the factory edge isn't bad at all.
Time to start planning my next one. And, now my wife wants a Case too so gotta get that sorted out.
Thanks again all.
Eli Chaps it's a nice pattern. My son has a yellow handled version, but the lock is very difficult to disengage.
I have a mini copperlock in amber bone, and it is flawless. Theyre really great knivesUPDATE: Again, thank you all for weighing in and being patient in answering my questions here and in a couple other threads.
So I've been carrying my Buck 389 since I started this thread and have been very pleased. I did have a slight buckle pulling through an apple wedge the other day. Nothing big, but reminded me I was carrying a slip joint and admittedly not one with the heaviest spring. But I've been loving it. My fingers keep feeling for the clipped knife tucked in the corner of my pocket (a decades old habit) but I'm fully reminded of the beauty in simplicity of these knives. Not just the designs, but the steels. I love being able to get a keen edge quickly and the super steel bug is not for me.
I've been pouring through designs and sooooo many of them talked to me! I really dig the canoe pattern. I like the size, the feel and the two blades on opposite ends. But man, I love the medium Stockman for it's diversity. And the Barlow and the teardrop and the Lionsteel offerings and...
Now, I'm a long, long fan of back locks. They are my absolute favorite folding knife style going back to old Buck 110's and Schrade Old Timers to modern Spyderco's. For so long I've been buying and trying all these different knives trying to find something to scratch that itch. I even had a back and forth with Sal Glesser about purging the finger choil and looking to the 110 for inspiration. I carried a little Buck MiniBuck for years in the military. I tied 550 cord to it and secure it to my belt loop.
So, when I saw the Case Copperlock and Mini Copperlock, I was hooked. I've been looking at various offerings by various makers and am downright giddy. Why didn't I come back to these brands years ago???
Tonight I ordered a Case amber bone Mini Copperlock and I am very excited for it to get here. I know this thread started as a slip joint discussion and I ended up with a locking knife but rest assured, slip joints will be forthcoming. I'm over my concerns about them.
Someone along the way said something about discovering the freedom of these knives. Yes. That is exactly correct.
So more to come as time goes on. I've loved checking out what you all have going here in this little corner and look forward to participating in the future.
and a good bridge between modern and traditional. I think youll like it. Also, if you want a french knife.....check out Opinels. Theyre friction folders, but theyre pretty great. Very simple, they lock and they cut like crazy. Also..
I had a Case Tribal lockback that needed to be sent back just to ease the lock but that was a free and fast service and an excellent knife.
Eli Chaps Considering this - "Time to start planning my next one. And, now my wife wants a Case too so gotta get that sorted out." Maybe, give her this one with the mismatched scales and go for a more perfect user. Just a thought.
It's a nice one even as it is.
Ray
Yeah, I gave that a shot last night. I whipped the little Mini Copperlock out of my pocket last night during a "I want my own knife talk" that she initiated but she didn't bite. She likes the knife but she thinks she'd like something in red or maybe blue.
Just my 2 cents on the matter here... Carbon steel really isnt a big deal. I actually prefer it. I live right next to a salt marsh, on a farm near the chesapeake bay. Im an outdoorsman and use carbon steel almost every day. The only issues I have ever had was when I was doing farm work in summer, when it would rust a bit in my sweaty pocket all day. Just let it patina, oil it lightly when you get around to it and wipe stuff off the blade after use. Its easy.It is stainless and yes it was a factor in the decision. I've reconciled my "slip joint issues" but the carbon steel hang up lingers.
Ive got to the party a little late but here goes . Really enjoyed that video of the guy making an A frame basha using mainly a small slipjoint knife to help cut and gather materials for the whole build ! Having instructed on survival courses many times in the distant past mainly with the Army the first thing I learned was you do really need a half decent ( ideally bushcraft style knife ) with a good sharp blade BUT it doesnt have to be any type of oversized knife as the guy in the video demonstrated ! back in the early 80s when I was getting into the survival / bushcraft game many students on courses turned up with big style Rambo knives etc which proved for different reasons not to be up to the job ! In my personal opinion a half decent 4" bladed bushcraft knife made with well forged and heat treated steel and a full tang handle is more than adequate to deal with the general tasks in hand for shelter building cutting and preparing meat etc . Unless you have a bergan / backpack full of everything you need to survive then improvisation is the name of the game and the British army of the 70s and 80s were the masters of this making do attitude ( The French say Demerdez Vous ) . What people dont understand is , when you are working as hard as that guy in the video especially preparing a campsite area , you are using a great deal of energy and if you then have to start foraging for food and other tasks your energy levels fall fairly rapidly ! What Im trying to say is though watching him using his small slipjoint shows what can be achieved with the tools you,ve got to hand .
